curious if this is even possible

[Andre P.]

I see on YouTube, people talking about leasing other peoples properties on airbnb and assume that's not possible because why would someone allow someone else to lease their property when they can lease their own property out to someone and reap the financial benefit and also I'm going to assume that HOAs can block people from doing that.
Am I correct in my assumption? my Dad ran into this issue in our state.  I Know that if a home resides in a Neighborhood that uses Home Owners Associations(not all neighborhoods have them that I'm aware of) that they have the ability to restrict and impose fines on those that violate the associations bylaws, is it absolutely necessary have their approval to rent the rooms granted you own the property?